Six Word Memoir Contest: "Why I Write"

We have chosen a winner: AMY HARTL SHERMAN, who wrote this beauty:

Write it down. Set it free.

And huge thanks to our inspiration for the six-word memoir contest, SMITH magazine, creators of the six-word memoir project. SMITH is currently accepting submissions for its newest collection (to be published by Harper Collins), "The Moment: An Instant When Your Life Changed."

Please feel free to continue adding your WHY I WRITE six-word memoirs, here, as well! Maybe a book is in She Writes' future, too.

Tags: #nonfiction, contest, inspiration, memoir

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Hoppough on October 28, 2010 at 4:29pm

Because 'history' is not my story.

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Permalink Reply by Jodi O'Donnell-Ames on October 28, 2010 at 4:48pm

SHE
loves,
cares,
dreams,
hopes...
WRITES.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Pinneo on October 28, 2010 at 5:03pm

Bookstores make me woozy with possibility.

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Permalink Reply by Beatrice Underwood-Sweet on October 28, 2010 at 5:22pm

Can't stop talking, so write instead!

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Permalink Reply by Beatrice Underwood-Sweet on October 28, 2010 at 6:59pm

Or

Can't stop talking. Must write!

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Permalink Reply by Lanita Andrews on October 28, 2010 at 5:26pm

Just an idea...

There are so many wonderful lines here, it would be great to see as many as would fit, printed in a way that the text would form, in giant block letters, "She Writes"